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D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
t Chamberlain Run, March 31, 1865, when it forded a stream one hundred yards wide, saddle-girth deep, under a galling fire, and drove back a division of Federal cavalry, this being the last decisive Confederate victory on Virginia soil. On April 3, 1865, at Namozine church, he was taken prisoner by a party of Jesse scouts disguised as Confederates, Colonel Young and Captain Rowland among them, and sent to City Point along with General Ewell. President Lincoln, then at City Point, was at Colonel Bowers' tent and asked that General Barringer be presented to him, jocosely adding, You know I have never seen a real live rebel general in uniform. The President greeted him warmly, and was pleased to recall acquaintanceship with his elder brother, D. M. Barringer, with whom he served in Congress. General Barringer was then sent on to the old Capitol prison, and afterward transferred to Fort Delaware, where he was detained till August, 1865. While there, he had the opportunity of ascertaini